Florence Gauvain (born 25 March 1962) is a French former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Gauvain had a career high singles ranking of 297 and appeared three times in the qualifying draw for the

French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...

. On the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ...

, Gauvain made two main draw appearance at the

Clarins Open The Open Clarins is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1992. It was held in the Paris in France and played on the outdoor clay courts of the Racing Club de France. It was a Tier V tournament until 1989 and was su ...

in Paris. In 1988 she won her first round match (over

Louise Field Louise Field (born 25 February 1967) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. ...

) and in 1989 she took the fifth seed Bettina Fulco to three sets in a first round loss. Both her husband

Hervé Gauvain Hervé Gauvain (born 4 March 1955) is a French former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Châlon sur Saone, Gauvain featured on the professional tour in the 1970s and early 1980s. His best performance was a semi-final appear ...

and daughter Sybille Gauvain have played professional tennis.

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauvain, Florence 1962 births Living people French female tennis players